Air Berlin criticizes night-flight ban at Cologne/Bonn

Air Berlin (AB) CEO Hartmut Mehdorn has strongly criticized the North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) state government’s decision to ban passenger flights between the hours of 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. at Cologne/Bonn (CGN).

Air Berlin 737-800. Courtesy, AB
Air Berlin (AB) CEO Hartmut Mehdorn has strongly criticized the North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) state government’s decision to ban passenger flights between the hours of 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. at Cologne/Bonn (CGN) (ATW Daily News, April 18). He has asked German transport minister Peter Ramsauer to overrule the ban.
“This is the wrong decision, taken at the wrong time,” Mehdorn said in a statement. He pointed out that CGN is an important ...